NikBrown
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Saw this and thought you may all enjoy it as well:
What a slice! Stray golf ball discovered buried inside felled tree
Of all the flukes seen on a golf course, greenkeeper Richard Mitchell can claim one of the strangest.
As he took his chainsaw to a leylandii tree, he hit the exact spot where a ball was embedded in the wood and sliced through it.
The ball apparently lodged in a fork of the tree many years ago when a golfer hooked a drive on the first tee. The conifer grew around the ball and it remained hidden in the screen of 15 trees.
A golf ball was found embedded inside this preserved tree trunk
Trimmed, sanded and varnished, it is to become a rather unusual trophy board at Eaton Golf Club in Norwich.
Mr Mitchell discovered the ball last month after he felled the 40ft trees, planted 37 years ago, and began cutting the timber into 4ft lengths for firewood.
The piece of wood with the half ball visible is being preserved and varnished by former club captain Jim Cook who is a skilled woodworker.
It will then be kept behind the bar and used to record the names of everyone who gets a hole-in-one on the 198-yard ninth hole.
Eaton member Jim Cook is pictured on the ninth hole close to where the unique tree was felled
Peter Johns, the manager of the £675-a-year club, said: 'It is just an incredible find.
'We think it came off the first tee. It must have lodged in a fork or embedded itself in the trunk and the tree grew round it.
'If Richard had cut the trunk an inch or two either way we'd never have known it was there.'
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EdL
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I've "found" lost of stuff in trees, but a golf ball is a new one. At least it wouldn't peel any teeth off the saw chain.
Ed
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WALNUTS
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Funny you mention that, when I milled that dogwood a while back, it came from Potowamut golf course in East Greenwich, RI. Although we didn't slice through any, we did find about 10 balls in the rotted cavity...that slab looks really interesting. What a world.
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Chipper_Jr
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I've got a bunch of half mini balls and a cannon ball from trees cut at Cold Harbor Va in the 30's. I guess there was alot of shooting going on around there.
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MsNomer
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What bothers me is that beautiful wood is being burned. For example, where's the other half of that gorgeous piece of wood, with or without ball?
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law_kid
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Registered: 04/26/04
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Loc: Manassas, VA
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That's pretty sweet, but it is sad that it's just being burned.
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rasar
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MsNomer said:
What bothers me is that beautiful wood is being burned. For example, where's the other half of that gorgeous piece of wood, with or without ball?
That was exactly my sentiment. It's funny how we all have different perspectives. For me, the ball inside the tree was, well....interesting. But the cutting up of the trees for firewood caught my attention enough to react. 
(Of course, it's entirely possible that the trees were not suitable for wood-working, but the slab looks pretty nice)
-Ravin
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desmofan
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Registered: 04/06/06
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law_kid said:
That's pretty sweet, but it is sad that it's just being burned.
I was thinking the same thing looking at that piece, but aren't conifers pine, and spruce and such? That's not exactly good firewood. It burns really well, but leaves a lot of residue.
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Steve N
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Registered: 09/28/07
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Loc: CinDay
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Being a golfer, and not such a good one I`ve hit a few trees with a dull sound, and never seen the ball fall, wonder if they were dead/dying and the ball stuck. Once it happened on a huge tree that was 1/2 way down a 500 yd hole, dead center in the fairway, (usually I`m not in the fairway), hit the ball right at the tree, (was trying not to, but............) ball struck, and stuck, you could see a white spot right where it hit, so thinking this probably isn`t a real rare occurrence, as lousy golfers inhabit all areas of the globe. 
Carolyn, sometimes it seems a shame that big wonderful trees are burned, however in the Northern states it`s a very common occurrence, and for some a low cost heating alternative.
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Gene Luby
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Registered: 03/25/06
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I was told a story from a older gent,who I buy lumber from,when he was younger,home from the service serving in the Korean War.He was cutting logs on a mill at the families sawmill business,while cutting a log ,heard a loud bang,felt something hit his leg.There must have been a bullet lodged in the tree,the blade hit it ,resulting in it firing and hitting him in the leg.He said they had the local cops,St. Troopers there invesigating.The funny part he said during the whole time in Korea,not a shot fired at him,came home and gets shot,go figure,told me the story several times
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